With billions at stake, a bevy of big insurance companies are throwing their weight behind Obamacare — 15 of which are among the Fixed Fortunes 200, the most politically active corporations in the country.

Tyler Harber, who pled guilty to breaking federal campaign laws after a Justice Department investigation, made over $400,000 in consulting fees in the midterm elections, including the fees he earned for his work for six GOP Senate candidates.

A new series of political ads by SEIU, a powerful liberal union, targets four Republican Senators up for re-election in 2016. Carefully crafted as "issue ads," the expenditures don't have to be disclosed like normal campaign advertisements.

Since the 1990s, Washington’s unspoken preference has been for banks and other financial institutions to get ever bigger, and it’s acted accordingly, making life easier for giants while hobbling the little guy.